conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
to watch over; to watch attentively
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
tea plantation; tea field
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
every year; yearly; annually
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
descendant; posterity; offspring
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
future years; in (one's) later years
revival; restoration; resuscitation
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
successive generations; successive emperors
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
opposite side; other side; other party